Co-Founder and Chief Executive Steve Jobs is the “ultimate CEO who matters,” according to a new survey by Barron’s magazine.
The annual ranking of top CEOs from around the world seeks to identify the corporate leaders who have top-notch reputations in the financial community and would be missed by investors if they unexpectedly left their jobs.
Barron’s estimates Jobs’ departure would result in a greater loss of stock-market value than the loss of any other CEO in the world. The magazine estimates Jobs might be worth 20 or so points to Apple shares, or roughly $16 billion in market capitalization.
Tee Hee!
Oh blow me!
This makes Apple very vulnerable, doesn’t it? Not good news for shareholders.
Jobs could be killed by options backdating or riding in Larry Ellison’s jet, and the next thing you know OS X is allowed to run on every computer in the world. What a disaster that would be for Apple! They might be as profitable as Microsoft.
Oh blow me!
Comment by JohnS — 3/27/2007 @ 8:58 am
I thought the article funny, but you blew it away!
I bet Steve Balmer is pissed he wasn’t named. No one would miss that blowhard.
Why is it that only Apple shareholders can see that Jobs is the true Messiah? Will it take an Apple jihad to change your minds? Or perhaps Jobs must be crucified to make the point.
Just think, a whole 8% of the computer market could disappear overnight!
Just think, a whole 8% of the computer market could disappear overnight!
Only a small part of Apple’s business now a days. Good try though, but no cigar.
Which proves how overvalued Apple stock is.Reality distortion at its best.This guy could call bullshit breakfast and people would come back for seconds.
#8 – And that’s what makes me a CEO and you a blogopiner wanna-be.
I have a hard time taking any billionaire seriously until he’s willing to get his head shaved on pay-per-view television.
lol – good one, James. Yes, Trump’s WrestleMania challenge certainly raises the bar for all billionaires. There’s something about Trump’s gawd-awful coif that makes me think it should be destroyed for the good of mankind.
Or maybe it should be sent to the Smithsonian
I bet Job’s ass must be raw after so many lips kissing it.
He who laughs last, &c, &c…
Please to be biting my IBM-compatible crank.
#1 – He blew everyone at Barron’s, might as well blow you too.
13, Lauren, just think — Gates could afford to have Jobs downloaded to a flash drive and just carry the thing ’round with him on his keychain.
8, Which proves how overvalued Apple stock is. Reality distortion at its best. This guy could call bullshit breakfast and people would come back for seconds.
Absolutely. See next.
9, If you’re really Jobs, tell me why my stupid iPod won’t last more than 45 days, and keep honoring that warranty — I’m on my 4th.
#15 BubbaRay says “9, If you’re really Jobs, tell me why my stupid iPod won’t last more than 45 days, and keep honoring that warranty — I’m on my 4th.”
Those iPods are addictive, BubbaRay — check yourself into a rahab clinic! I’ve heard that cheap, no-name players can work like methadone to get you off the iPod horse
Steve J = ~$5G
Bill G = ~$45G
Looks like Bill must be nine times happier than Steve. Just think of all the cool stuff Bill can have that Steve can’t afford… Yessir, better go get s’more, Bill.
16, Got my wife a really cool MP3 player for Christmas, and I love it. Hers has a built in AM/FM tuner too, same 1Gb and about half the price and 1/4 the size. Adios, Nano, I guess it’s just a waste of money for style. Yep, iPod rehab, got to have it.
FSBO 1Gb iPod Nano, new in original package.
Bubba- do yourself a favor, flush that piece of shit and get your self a Sansa. Makes that iPod look like a childs toy. Half the cost and 3 times the features.
#19 – mark
“Half the cost and 3 times the features.”
Sure. Great deal, as long as you don’t listen to music on it – then you’ll never even notice the markedly inferior sound quality.